Combining Paid Work and Family Care: Policies and Experiences in International Perspective - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1447306813 ISBN 13 : 9781447306818

Editeur : Policy Press, 2013

Synopsis

As populations age around the world, increasing efforts are required from both families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled people. At the same time both women and men are expected to increase and lengthen their participation in paid work, which makes combining caring and working a burning issue for social and employment policy and economic sustainability. International discussion about the reconciliation of work and care has previously focused mostly on childcare. Combining paid work and family care widens the debate, bringing into discussion the experiences of those providing support to their partners, older relatives and disabled or seriously ill children. The book analyses the situations of these working carers in Nordic, Liberal and East Asian welfare systems. Highlighting what can be learned from individual experiences, the book analyses the changing welfare and labour market policies which shape the lives of working carers in Finland, Sweden, Australia, England, Japan and Taiwan.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Teppo Kröger is Professor of Social and Public Policy at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, where he studies ageing, disability, informal and formal care as well as childcare from local, national and international perspectives. Sue Yeandle is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK, where she researches the relationship between work and family life, employment and social policies relevant to work-care reconciliation, and the gendered organization of work.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Policy Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1447306813
• ISBN 13: 9781447306818
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Éditeur: Kröger Teppo, Yeandle Sue
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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